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Originally Posted by esecallum
will it be able to read RTF files.
i hear the kindle does have a mic .not used at the moment.
also i hear amazon will keep a back up and they can also delete your books remotely which means they can also read your PRIVATE DOCUMENTS remotely ,copy them or use that info to steal from you like credit card details.
you may have heard how the book 1984 by Orwell was remotely deleted by Amazon from a students kindle and he sued them
This means they must have accessed his kindles files remotely.This means they can read all your private files and copy them and distribute them,delete them,sell them or pass them to police.
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K3 can't read .rtf files directly, but you can easily convert them, either yourself using a program like calibre or stanza or by e-mailing them to Amazon.
Yes, the K3 has a mic. The most reasonable current speculation (IMO) is that it may allow spoken annotation of documents in a future firmware update. If you buy a K3 expecting to use it as a free phone at Amazon's expense, I think you will be setting yourself up for disappointment.
Amazon backs up only those documents you bought from Amazon. You have to back up your private documents yourself.
Yes, theoretically Amazon could read your private files, if you send your private files to Amazon for conversion or transfer, or if you leave Whispernet turned on. If this makes you uncomfortable a Kindle is still useable with Whispernet turned off--or you might consider one of the multitude of fine readers that do not have this issue.
To carry really private stuff like your bank break-in plans I would frankly recommend paper, written out by hand, and burned promptly when you don't need them anymore. You might consider some kind of cipher--I understand the Julian cipher is a classic, but there have been great strides taken in recent centuries.
Yes, I know about
1984. As a community of people brought together by our passionate interest in all things e-book, we all do.
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Originally Posted by esecallum
or a disgruntled amazon employee could steal them or do i.d fraud or even download disgusting dirty child poern on to the kindle to destroy you.
in fact these concerns have not been discussed at all in the excitement.
perhaps we should discuss them now.
in the papers a teacher downloaded child poern onto a rivals laptop to implicate him and steal his job as he was next in line.
the rival has been completely destroyed even though a court case proved. he was framed.people spit at him in the street.
this means they could frame you easily.
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Oh look everybody! A new species of Kindle FUD! As a (reluctant) connoisseur of Kindle FUD I have to say the child porn is a new refinement that adds considerably to the toxicity of the mix.
I suppose it is technically possible that Amazon could do this. It would be commercial suicide, but it could happen that Amazon decides to wipe itself out in a self-destructive public relations holocaust. If you're worried about it, I recommend you cancel your Amazon order immediately and look into one of the many fine readers made by companies like Astak or CyBook.